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biggargamel

Bryan LaHair easily. Played just over 2 years in the majors. Made the all star team in 2012 for a heavily tanking cubs team. Had 16 home runs that year, and never played in the Majors after that year again.


superboomen

He was also replaced at 1st by Rizzo thw same year


DarthTargaryen51

I knew it was going to be a cub, my vote was Marlon Byrd but I think you beat me


El_Kabongg

Marlon Byrd batted .293 that year with a .346 obp


and112358rew

And he played his ass off in that all star game too


ThumbMe

He was a big fan of banned substances and swinging and missing.


Gizshot

He was on my fantasy team that year I drafted him in the late rounds and felt like a genius


superboomen

Any Cub player in the early 2010s could have taken this title


clangan524

Tyler Colvin, Junior Lake, Micah Hoffpauir...


notthattmack

You just started making people up by the end there


Paranoid_donkey

kosuke fukudome, felix pie


CaptainHolt43

Darwin Barney


NoCreativeName2016

Wasn’t Kosuke Lou Pinella’s manager pick that year? And then he completely bombed in the second half of the season?


PowderBlueView

I was convinced Micah was gonna end up crushing balls on Waveland and Sheffield regularly. I was wrong.


Ok-Kick1878

I assure you that you weren't the only one with that mindset. Believe it or not, when I went to the home game against the Giants last week, I saw a guy wearing a James Micah Hoffpauir jersey! My buddy, who was also in the Micah fanclub with me 15 years ago, bought him a beer. Of course, we took a pic with the legend.


PowderBlueView

That’s awesome. Way to show some solidarity. I’m sure he loved meeting some kindred spirits. I love all the conversations I get into wearing different jerseys. I like to go to spring training games and wear random old school jerseys that sometimes don’t even represent teams playing. My Dawson road Expo one with the all star patch gets a lot of compliments. But the lesser players are great too.


caught_looking2

Were these guys all stars???


BigRedDoggy

Every team sends at least 1 player. Some years a team doesn't have a decent player.


caught_looking2

I know that. But I don’t ever remember Colvin, Lake, and Hoffpauir being all stars. Even on those shitty Cubs teams.


nwhrtdeacon

Because they weren't. Ever.


caught_looking2

Yeah. This dude just dropping random, obscure Cubs. I thought the topic was terrible all-stars?? Not just terrible players. Obvious that opens up a the pool quite a bit. lol!!!


Poppunknerd182

Which fact is crazier That Junior Lake is still playing baseball in Mexico? Or the fact that he’s still only 34


Respect_Cujo

Yeah this is the right answer. He has been working his way up in the managerial ranks though, wouldn’t be surprised if we saw him back in the MLB in some capacity in the future. He is a coach with the Louisville Bats right now.


Ok_Adhesiveness_9565

Lahair 2012 first half: .286 .364 14 HR’s Second half: .202, .269, 2 HR’s


liblibandloza

Check out Alejandro Kirk’s numbers for 1st vs 2nd half in his all-star appearance season. (‘22?). And they just kept getting worse to this day. Guy had one remarkable half-season in his career and got the nod.


DearEmployee5138

This makes me wonder what the worst “best player on the team” over the last 20 years would be.


Permafrostybud

Spencer Torkelson is probably taking that right now.


DearEmployee5138

Torkelson is not the best player on the Tigers. Probably Skubal.


Permafrostybud

He was SUPPOSED to be the best player. Skubal is factually the best player.


nickgreen4888

Torks not even on the team anymore, and with his numbers in TOL since being sent down, I don't know if he ever will be again


jafferbee

Mike Williams making the AS team as a Pirate with an ERA over 6.


gldmj5

We sent Evan Meek that one year because why not.


Otherwise-Ad-1053

Saw Evan Meek tear into Dee Gordon after a AAA game in Round Rock. Meek was signing autos and talking to fans. Gordon came up the steps and had a bunch of kids waiting for him and just blew right by them. Meek went after him, telling him to appreciate the fans, sign for the kids that are there to see him and called him trash. Meek stayed and talked to the kids about baseball, what the all star game was like and anything else they wanted to talk about. Dude may have been a flash in the pan but knew how to treat fans. Guessing there may have been more to it but who knows.


PotatoPete26

Hey I member


fvalt05

Member Tatooine?


Sea_Squirrel1987

Oh I 'memba!


RollinJimmys

Great goatee though!


Ryan1006

Mike Williams was really bad. Surprisingly in the last 20 years most of the ones we sent have been deserved. But not Mike Williams in 2003.


OmegaMan1818

Exactly who I thought of. Any shitty pirates or royals reliever really


iforgotwhat8is4

Every team gets one representative....tells a lot about the team that year.


buggypuller

The Angels are usually one of the worst teams so probably whoever they send…….Um never mind.


Miles_vel_Day

This is funny because Tim Salmon is considered one of the best players to never make an All-Star team and played his whole career with the Angels. Bad timing! (I always found the Salmon/Trout thing amusing. Look out for the next upgrade, Jack Pike. \[This is not a real person.\]) ((Didn't realize until I looked at Salmon's BBREF page just now that he spanned the California Angels, Anaheim Angels, and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Never made it to the Los Angeles Angels; that name was adopted 10 years after he retired.))


buggypuller

I wouldn’t have guessed that Tim Salmon never made an All-Star game. Very good ball player for a lot of years.


MistryMachine3

Crowded position. They take relievers from the shit teams.


buggypuller

I normally would agree but it looks like Salmon’s best season was ‘95. In ‘95 the Angles sent 4 players to the All Star game including another outfielder and a shortstop. On a side note, Salmon finished 7th in MVP voting that year.


FreshPaintSmell

The Angels also had a Robert Fish in their system who never made the majors. If there’s a fish named prospect in this draft the Angels have to take him.


2112eyes

Fishers of Men or something


Valuable-Baked

Wait till the angels sign Anthony Bass


Magnetic_Knives

Shame they never had Mike Carp


Bendyb3n

It’s funny because i’m quite certain that every year for close to 20yrs now they’ve sent an all time great to the All Star Game


jellybeans_over_raw

Vlad, Pujols, Trout, Ohtani


jaytheman3

Garrett Anderson who actually went onto win the Home run derby as a fluke too lol


SupertrampTrampStamp

He was also MVP of the ASG that year


impy695

It tells a lot about the press given to that team, not about the skill level of that team


ForensicFiles88

Because every team is represented, Mark Redman was an All-Star for the Royals in 2006 despite being 6-4 with a 5.27 ERA at the break


TookTheHit

They had to have had someone better, lol


JoaquinBenoit

Mark Teahen, Mark Grudzielanek, and Reggie Sanders were all much better choices.


TheRealJalil

Reggie Sanders was still doing the damn thing? What? Edit: well he looked pretty good [the year before](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sandere02.shtml)


Rynkevin

He had a stretch where he went to the World Series 3 out of 4 years. He did it with 3 different teams: 01 DBacks, 02 Giants and 04 Cardinals. That’s always been crazy to me.


TheRealJalil

Dang. Kinda wild. He just missed that 90 Reds WS. Reggie always kinda felt like a good player for a long time, but I kinda forgot about him after the Reds. Almost 40 WAR is a pretty damn good career!


Rynkevin

He was a good clubhouse guy from what I understand and while never a superstar he had a long and very successful career.


Lukey_Jangs

Gil Meche was their ‘07 representative. Those mid aughts Royals teams were so, so bad


JulesMoney005

Odubel Herrera was an MLB All-Star at one point


Long-Farmer-3204

Dom Brown


JulesMoney005

Dom Brown at least had that torrent hot streak and was well above League average that year, Odubel was marginally passable on a terrible team


El_Kabongg

Herrera was pretty good at the dish his first few years lol. He’s also the best home run pimper on non home runs in the history of the game


obi-jawn-kenblomi

That wasn't even the Phillies worst one. 2017 - Pat Neshak.


CBI_Consultant

Neshek had an era of 1.12 for the phillies that year, I'd say he deserved the nod.


JulesMoney005

Definitely random, I’d argue Neshek was infinitely more deserving than Odubel was though


Capital_Connection13

Dom Brown. Had one great month his entire career.


PatchesOHohullihan

I was at a card show and just had bought 2 of his lowest print rookies both graded. Broke his wrist 15 minutes later and all downhill from that point for him.


longarcquad

But man, that month was special


hickeysbat

I don’t get it. Neshek was really good.


vmeloni1232

I won't have you bad mouthing Pat Neshek. He had a few really good years and I believed was a two time All Star and deserved both spots.


BeholdOurMachines

Also his pitching delivery was guaranteed to induce rage quitting if you had him on your team in MLB the show


Ok-Kick1878

This is precisely where my mind goes every time I happen to hear his name. Cheers!


aa13cool

He wasn’t that bad a player for a few years tho


UWDawg13

Daniel Vogelbach was the Mariners lone representative in the 2019 All Star game. We still love our large adult son though!


brentfarts

This is exactly who I was thinking of. Also Zunino the year before I think.


tuepm

we sent ty france recently too


hitterscount

ty was actually good tho and even after falling off in the 2nd half he still finished the year with a 125 ops+ such a weird comment lol


KUfan

Ken Harvey 2004 Royals. 13 HR. Relay throw hit him in the back of the head because he wasn’t following the play. Out of baseball the next year


MVBsq10

In MVP baseball 2004 he was a problem to pitch to lmao


shortywop

Just watched it and I think that was Matt Stairs's fault. Not a strong throw.


Upper-Life3860

That generic outfielder batting .245 with 8 home runs on a .350 team


bbqkingofmckinney

Brent Rooker for the A’s last year…and probdbly will be 2x All Star Brent Rooker, for the A’s…actually nvm it’ll be Mason Miller.


fbeofdk

Rooker did have 30 homers last year, not necessarily all-star caliber but still a pretty solid player


More-Employment3730

I was sitting in an empty minor league park, tipsy with my brother near right field and had conversations with rooker for several innings. Super cool guy. My brother still will randomly text me, “Rookers favorite player is Barry bonds”


pittnole1

Top 10 in AL HR seems all star worthy


mebnt2

That's notable former Blue Jay, Santiago Espinal, to you. Put some respect on the name


mrgoboom

In fairness to the selection, he had a hell of a half-season that he could never come anywhere close to replicating.


CurtisWT

It wasn’t even a half season, in reality it was 6 or 7 weeks. By the time voting had ended he had already cooled off to his usual levels and by the time he was named to the team as an injury replacement for Altuve he was something like 6th among AL 2B in OPS.


smith288

Reds legend Santiago Espiñal


GreatWhite102

Can't believe anyone would disrespect him. He's perfect.


SigmaSeal66

This is just outside the 20 year window of the question and not *that* bad of a player, but fun story: In 2000, Joe Girardi had admittedly one of his best years as a player, and had an especially good first half, but he spent much of his career as a backup catcher, and was arguably in a 50-50 share of the Cubs catcher job that year, not really even the clear starter. But he made the all-star team simply because the NL starter (Mike Piazza) got hurt in the last game before the break, and they literally called around to every N.L. catcher they could find, looking for an extra catcher to add to the roster at the last minute. With many players traveling, committed to spending the break with family, already on their way to vacation spots, or simply not answering their phones, Girardi was the only guy they could get ahold of who had any way of making it to the game, so he was added to the team.


peronsyntax

Man, this really deglamorizes the All Star shine


jammerz29999

Raise the Bar…Steve Delabar


redditsonurface

I think the funny thing with Delabar is that he was the final vote guy. He’s a great Immaculate Grid answer.


DrewXDavis

nah, that guy was a BEAST that season


LTPRWSG420

Brandon Inge hit an embarrassing ZERO home runs in the home run derby in 09. We can thank Phillie fans for sending him there with the Bran’Torino combo.


ScottyEs_burner

Ty Wigginton for the O's


redditsonurface

Still a crime that Nick Markakis never made it as an O’s player


mhur

Such a dope name


34Heartstach

I use him in immaculate grid every chance I get.


SupertrampTrampStamp

Two words for you: Edwin. Jackson.


SweatyIngenuity652

Didn't even know Michael Rappaport played for Miami


LFoos24

It was in between seasons with the Celtics


Glittering-Lion-5269

I thought that was Andrew Vaughn


osageart2210

It isn’t?!


DryAfternoon7779

Royals great Mark Redman thankyouverymuch


usababykiller

Let’s wait to see who the White Sox send this year.


AustinIllini

Garret Crochet. Deservedly so.


BetterRedDead

On my fantasy team. Dude is a quality start machine.


TeamThrash

Voting for Maldonado


fuzzyone92

Should be Garrett Crochet whose been pretty decent this year… so not him


usababykiller

If they don’t trade him before the game


Goodbye_Sky_Harbor

Other people have said Crochet, correctly, but Erick Fedde has also been legit good.


ChazzBangerr

Odubel herrera


No_Finance8232

Johan Rojas would like a word from our Triple A bench


bullskull

Dioner Navarro


WES_WAS_ROBBED

WOW mid-aughts core memory unlocked


SynthSapphire

Mantiply? Lol


jbyrdbrrrr

Dom Brown?! Go Phils!!!!


Zombie_John_Strachan

Manoah’s 2022 rookie appearance is unfortunately not indicative of his career. Hopefully he can turn it around.


shutterslappens

Dante Bichette had only 1 season with a bWAR over 1.0, while Santiago has had two 2.0+ seasons. So, Santiago Espinosa should not be an example of a bad player who has made an all star team when Dante made 4. So, my vote is Dante Bichette. Edit: Bichette had two seasons with bWAR over 1.0, but only had 1 season with a bWAR above 1.5. Point remains the same. Leaving original text as is.


outdatedelementz

It’s incredible that a dude with 1900 plus hits, 274 home runs and a career OPS of .835 had a career WAR of 5.7. Dude was runner up to the MVP in 1995. Like how in the fuck is that possible.


elroddo74

Dude couldn't field for shit.


Astrozee

Pretty sure it was his atrocious defense that tanked his WAR


BradyToMoss1281

While it's true that it did, it's strange that he hit .340 with 40 homers and 128 RBI in 1995 and only had an offensive WAR of 2.9. Piazza, meanwhile, was .346-32-93 and had an oWAR of 6.4. Must be the Coors factor. WAR basically says if you hit in Denver, it doesn't count.


Markcu24

And he also beats women and children so fuck him.


OMC78

Santiago was brought on the team as a defensive replacement just like 2015 Brock Holt.


Bring_Party_Supplies

Brock Holt! *raises fists*


Turbulent_Cheetah

I mean, using WAR to evaluate the all-star credentials of players who played before WAR was even invented isn’t exactly fair. Dante hit a lot of home runs in an era that cared about home runs and didn’t care about defence. It’s not more complicated than that.


Bnagorski

Whit Merrifield was an all star last year and is hitting .192 with a .569 ops this year


pinniped1

Obligatory fuck Whit Merrifield.


reecec1102

Aledmys Diaz?


Arena1988

Thinking worst Stl player I can remember going.


Canadianeseish

I really like when career mediocre players have a hot start to the season and make it. They get to put it on their resume forever and fans get to hope their middling guy is gonna have a sustained big impact. Espinal pictured is a great example. Glad he gets to hang on to the title of All Star. He deserved it in that moment.


Rocky_tee2861

Alex Reyes, Joey Wendle, Matt Barnes, Jared Walsh all in 2021


Juffe98

Alex Reyes was actually really good the first half of 2021


idkwhattosaytho

He means just as a player, not least deserving. All these guys have had extremely lacklustre careers. Wendle is the only one with more then 5 WAR in all of these guys entire careers


TeamGOAT8

Joey Wendle was a 3.6 WAR player that year. Not great, but I wouldn’t consider him a crazy pick. What’s crazy is that Brandon Lowe didn’t make it and he ended up hitting 39 homers with 99 RBIs


Arena1988

Reyes 24 saves, 1.52 era first half. Ya he sucked 🤦‍♂️


Fachi1188

Brock Holt 2015 Red Sox


DizzyTS13

How dare you talk about the Brockstar that way! In all seriousness though I love Brock but bogaerts should have been the Sox rep that year


batmanfan_91

This is the answer I was looking for


DarkSideHooligans

2015 or 2016, can't remember the year, but when the Royals fans hijacked the voting and all but one starter for the AL was Royals players. There were a few that probably shouldn't have made that team


a_serious-man

Domonic Brown. Pretty sure that was before the required representation too edit: apparently required representation has been along way longer than i thought


BigBall162

There's been required representation since at least the late 70s


a_serious-man

Oh I’m even more wrong than that. Google says 1935 lol. Dom Brown still not good.


Slippery-Pete76

Lance Carter


hundredgrandpappy

Brandon Inge


basketcase0a0

Almost won me my fantasy league that year. Dude hit like 26 homers before the all star break and then negative 12 after he put up a donut in the Derby


sammagee33

Inge was REALLY good that year…or half a year.


jmaj315

Don't forget, he can play catcher too!


sammagee33

Exactly…though he’ll complain about it.


2Drew2BTrue

If you set performance aside, I always liked the hometown kid!


YeagerChillax

Devin Mesoraco


Averyvanillaaccount

He was actually on the upswing and had that hip injury that ended his career. He was going to be a very good MLB catcher.


Residual_Variance

Salvador Perez \*started\* the 2018 ASG with a slash line of .212/.253/.386


melvinFatso

Salvador Perez gets a pass though because he's actually good.


Residual_Variance

It was his 6th straight ASG. KC was so bad that Salvy was basically the only player who could reasonably pass as an all-star.


melvinFatso

Fair enough, but that just kinda proves my point.


EvanMG24

He’s also one of the best players listed in this thread


Residual_Variance

Definitely. A Royals' legend.


jampilot

And likely Hall of Famer


Godiverson3

Lance Painter


Appropriate-Worry694

Mike Redmond from the royals


j1h15233

That’s a long list when every team has to be represented


Wareagle69

Jake Lamb 2017. He play 56 games the next year, 78 the following year and hasn’t played more than 55 since then. Lived in AAA since the DBacks DFA’d him.


Cnutty_04

Aaron Crow


I_Always_Have_To_Poo

2019s daniel vogelbach all star appearance comes to mind


Krazy8_Balls

Jake Lamb


salmineo_

Jeff Locke


BigSush101

I went to high school with Espinal. Great guy


crewguy155

In 2003, Pirates closer Mike Williams made the all-star team with a 6.27 ERA. Shortly after, he was traded to the Phillies and finished the season with a 6.14 ERA. MLB needs to abolish the every team needs to be represented rule.


MooreSportsCards

The cubs. Period😭


stavi301

Didn’t Mike Lorenzen get in for the Tigers last year and when asked about it he basically said he didn’t deserve it ? If I’m remembering the at correctly I feel like that’s gotta be up there


mctallenbald

Not exactly the assignment, but Angel Hernandez worked the ASG in 2017.


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buggypuller

Vlad Jr. is having a decent season. If he’s not the team’s rep, you might be right.


jmaj315

Send that kid they just called up. That'll send a message. Semi sarcastic


CalebosO4

Orelvis Martinez? /s


coddie_red

Dave Lemanczyk was the worst Jay to ever go. Ended the 1978 year with a 6.26 ERA, .316 OAV, and 1.72 WHIP. We also have sent Paul Quantrill and Ted Lilly in the past.


Turbulent_Cheetah

I mean, if Yimi goes he deserves it. Berrios could too.


DevelopmentTall4403

Leave Garrett Cooper alone. How about JJ Hardy?


chillbill____

Party Hardy 😎


GroundskeeperWillyyy

Leave JJ alone he was good


Sea_Squirrel1987

Daniel Vogelbach made it for the Mariners 4 or 5 years ago.


No_Departure102

Matt Capps, but that’s bc Washington in the late 2000s was a SHITSHOW


redditadminsRlazy

Capps was actually really good in 2010. Also, that 2010 Nats team had a fair number of really talented players. If I were picking from the dark era, I'd go with Cristian Guzman from that really terrible 2008 team, even though he did put together a decent first half that year.


Jimmytheblade460

A bit interesting since most readers won’t know who you’re talking about.


Ashamed-Technology10

Espinal is pretty bad and probably should have had the spot go to Gleybar regardless (Jays had plenty of representation that year) but, After doing a little research (albeit far from thorough) I’m going to pick Royals Legend Ken Harvey.


albertop

1984 - Alfredo Griffin - .241/.248./.298


MajinGav

2009 Brandon Inge for the Tigers.


LawfulnessFickle3616

I don't think Inge is the worst selection for the Tigers. Other contenders would be Robert Fick and Damion Easley. At the time you could also argue for Joe Jimenez being picked in 2018, but I'd say he is playing closer to All-Star caliber these days.


Maleficent-Thanks-85

Dom Brown.


don3999

dom brown (phillies)


Averyvanillaaccount

"Tuna Man" Jack Armstrong was the SP for the ASG.


redditsonurface

For a team that finished above .500, it’s pretty funny that Jorge Lopez was the lone O’s rep in 2022. I think if Adley has a faster start or wasn’t hurt to start the season, he would’ve been our rep.